Machine for labeling bottles.



C. WEBER.

MACHINE FOR LABELING BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2,1915.

1,196,911. PatentdSept. '5, 1916. v

- this spe n'iee CQRNELIU'S WEBER, 0F minweo'nen, iirxsoonem, essxenon on FonmY-nmn one HUNDEEDTHS T0 mnn's'rnmn oiinmen nse pce'zn; on mnwenxnn, WIS- CONSIN.

, 1 y Be it known that I, CORNELIUS WE ER, a,

citizen of the Unitedfitetes, and} resident of Milwenkee, in the county oflVlilWm-tkeehncl State of Wisconsin, have.inilented new and nino iinee oninnnnme nominee. weenie. v sweet eee em- Patented %ept.;5,1 91 6. hejpiicetionfiled ianua yfi, 1815. Serial No. H v cm w/wmit may commn: l 418 through the table of the seine shzip'ezns the conveyenflights to permit of their passage therethrough- Without constituting a; materiel obstruction to the path of the bot ftlesesthey slide upon the table, and diverguseful Improvements in lviaehines for L'a- 'beling Bottles, of. which the-following *isl a description, reference being had} to the-eceompenyi ng drawings, which e tionfl This/invention has vicle ga machine fo'r applying labelstoloottles-yx' ith a continuous feed thereof; the-1efor its-object top'roi11g guide flanges 19 standing up from the surface of the table receive the-bottles between themand confine them to the area in elosed-thereby'when they leave the conveyer should. they "not be removed fromithe table as i'hpidly es they-are delivered. by the con ,s 'eyer. A shaft 20 is jonrneled in mitable Feels/being taken by traveling chains" from a reciprocating label hopper antl eoni' eyecl to e'posi'tion in the path of tinvel of the bottles Where the label feeding. inechnnisin P2141868 while the bottles continue intheir ti'a' el to take the labels fromthe chains end carry them pest the Wipers by which they ere Dressed. firmly against -the bottles.

ilith the nhoye'n-ncl other objeetein iew the invention consists in themeohmeyfor labeling bottles equivalents.

as herein I claimed and ell drawing spiingpawl on. a, bell. crank 24 which is tin'g'ebeneath the table and has fixed on pair-oi large sprocket Wheels 21' passing through slots in the table, A ratchet heel 22- also-fixed onshaft 20 is engaged =hy e loosely mounted on shaft 20, and a 'connech.

Ing'rotl, 25eennects the longer min of said hell emnk with 2i crank 26 011 shaft 15 so -thet the remmovements of shaft 15 inci- "clent to the tta'velof the conveyetchztin 'provdimes interm ttent partial rotations of shaft;

QOithTOlIghlZhB ratchet driving connection wthereofl. I v v in Which likeehma-etets of ef'erenceindimate the same parts in the sliii'erent-viewenfl Figure l is a longitntlinel s'eetiomilelevaviewon line 3-3 of Fig. 2

in these drawings 1.0 mm

V ino've the same forward it Stan; I

'. hiev At the 'pointlwheite the cha n gsz sses 1 eenveyer io 'znen thereby there enopening thereof; end Fig. 3 is a transverse.seetioiml-i is fizovicled with upstanding conveye!.a'iights 1'7, ni'efemhly 1n the shape of :1 dou-hle'crossyh with tn elm,

mngh the table at the disehei'geen f the 0 sets of: oppositely exten'c'ling; nuns o. forwardly to engage e: bottle and:

on the mini monntecl in them ah'eye-the 'leVel'oiE-the y hn arch-like frame 27 is monnted 'onwthe tnb'leflll on either side of thehottle conveyer bottles on the conyeyzer are shafts 28 cei rytion of a machine for laheling'bottles'eontee it'tnlole of ny suitable construction which i' S,[)T0 /flld with a groom 1.1 extending longitudinally} ,thefeof anal Within which tmyels a eonyeyer chain 12 paesing around spitoelcet'wheels 13. on ehai'tslei and 15, the forme'r'of W hi'e'his I clrii e'n iron"; any suitable .sonrcehyifheying thereon and is prevented from. being fozcecl thereof. chain 12 at regular intervals ing idle sprockets :29 around which travel label feed chains '30 which are driven from the larges'pi'oeket Wheels 21; and elso'pass anonndi dle spifoeket wheels 31 on stub shafts. 32 moin'itetl in hfickets- 33 beneath the table. liaii'nofgnide frames '34: tire slida hly mounted on u ught standards 3fi'lprojecting=t-i1o1n the f a1nee27. and carry one (31 more label hoppersorinngezinee 36 two of elem being shown," one containing "body lzthels 37,- zin'elthe other I containing neck inhels 38 stock of labels, is pressed downwardly by Weighted follhviershearing beclilyfjthrough the open bottoms of the hi- 91 3 y means of inwardly bent-retain ingi'higs' 39 at the bottom edges of the hoppers. The'lehel hoppers are-moved vertieally'on the g'uiile standzzrcle fso as to g hllfllOW'filIllOSl? labels into eonteet with freshly glued la bel'holclers or; p iekers .lQ J'Tlfid by the chains 30 by means (If'OIiQ of; the 'gnidefii mnes :34; being 'eon'neetenl by a connecting rod 41 bell crank 24. The movements of the label hoppers 36 are so timed that they are low-, ered to bring their lowermost labels'into contact with the label holders40 just as the label feed chains 30 come to rest, the label hoppers then being raised while the pawl 23 is moved into engagement with the next tooth of the ratchet and the lowermost labels of both hoppers. remain on the label holders where they are held by adhesion, the label holders having just previously passed over rollers 42 of a glue pan 43 beneath the table to receive a coating of adhesive therefrom. In the following feed movement of the label feed chains the labels are carried to a ver-,

tical position in the path of the bottles on the conveyer and come to rest just before the approach'of a bottle so as to' betaken thereby and immediately pressed against pairs of oppositely positioned wipers 44, v preferably of heavy sheet rubber, mounted on the table and serving, as the bottles are forced therebetween, to press the labels firmly around the bottles so that they adhere thereto by means of the glue which istaken by the labels from the label holders.

By means of this invention an unintertheir edges straight and with adhesive ap-' plied thereto so'that the traveling movement of thebottle takes the labels from the label the yielding wipers by which they are pressed into place, The label holders being straight-and mounted on chains are capable of moving from a horizontal position, in which they receive the labels, to a vertical position in which the labels are removed therefrom without warping or bending the "labels, and consequently thelabels as stretched across the path of the bottles are 1i1 position to be most effectively coated with adhesive along their edges asthey leave the label-holder's. The shape .of the conveyer flights is such that they mayhave suflicient bearing against thebottle to insure the 5 proper travel of'the .bottle andstill be ca-' pableofpasslng through an opening in the table which does not materially obstruct the path of travel of the bottles.

by Letters Patent is chains, and a. vertically movable -label hop: per adapted toengage its bottom label'with the label holders in the =1 1pper horizontal.

with the short of;

rupted feed of bottles may be provided for,

holders and immediatelyv forces them against What li elaimas new and desireto securev ,machine for labeling ans-com.

P1 1S1I1g a bottle conveyor, label'feed chains 4 at the sides-ofthe bottle conveyor traveling from a'horizont'al position to a'vertical posis e0;tion,1abe1 holders carried bythe label feed relation to'the operation of the bottle'cbn veyer as to present a label in the vertical position of the; chains in position to be engaged by a bottle in its travel'on the conveyer.-

2. A machine for-"labeling bottles or the like, comprising a bottle conveyer, an intermittently operated shaft having an opera- I tive connection with the 'eonveyer, sprocket wheels carried by the shaft on either side of the conveyer', idle sprocket wheels positloned above the conveyer, label feed chains passing around said sprocket wheels and changing from a horizontal travelabove the bottle conveyer-to a vertical travel in passing the bottle conveyer, label holders carried by the labelfeed chains, and a vertically movable label "hopper adapted to be lowered to bring its end label into contact with the label holders on the horizontal portions of the chains during a period of rest thereof and said label holders carrying said labelto a succeeding period of rest of the chains at the verticalposition thereof where the label is held in the path of a bottle. on the bottle conveyer. a

3.1 A'machine for labeling bottles or the like,.comprising a table, a bottle conveyer chain mounted thereon, shafts .at the ends of the table having sprocket wheels around which the chain pa ses, a crank arm on one shaft, a ratchet shaft journaled beneath the table, a lever having ratchet connection with the ratchet shaft, a. connecting rod connect- 'ing-the crank arm with the lever, sprocket -wheels mounted onthe ratchet shaft, idle sprocket fwheels mounted above the table,

chains passing around the said sprocket wheels andithe idle sprocket wheels to have a horizontal path of travel above the table and a vertical path of travel through the table, vertical guides :above the vtable,alabel hopperjslidably mounted on the guides, a connecting rod connecting the label hopper with the lever, label holders on the chains, means for'applying glue to the surface thereof, saidlabelholders traveling with the intermittent movements of the ratchet shaft and having a. horizontal position of rest beneath the label liopper to have the'end label thereof.

contacttherewith and having a vertical positionof rest the path of the bottles on the bottle conveyor to have the labels removed inc therefrom by-the-bottles in their 'travehand 'yieldingwipers engaged by the bottles after engaging the labels for. pressing the labels against the bottles. a

4. A machine *for labeling bottles, comprising a bottle conveyor, intermittently operated'sprocket wheels at the sides thereof,

.suitablymounted idle sprocket wheels above the conveyer, label feed chains passing around the-sprocket wheels, pairs of body arfil-neck'label holders on the chains at in tervals, vertically movable label hoppers containing body and neck labels respectively adapted to lower their end labels into eontaet with the label holders in a, horizontal position of rest thereof, said label holders 5 having a. vertical position of rest in the path of travel of the bottles on the bottle conveyer, and yielding wipers for engaging the body and neck labels as they are removed from the label holders by the bottle for pressing said labels firmly against the bottle. In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS WEBER.

Witnesses:

R. S.- C. CALDWELL, I KATHERINE HOLT. 

